BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF BOTTLED WATER SOLED IN CALABAR METROPOLIS A RESEARCH PROJECT BY NWAOFON, CLINTON CHIMOBI 16/MCB/099 SUBMITTED TO DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CALABAR IN PARTIAL
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ABSTRACTS
Water is very essential to life. Although it is quite appealing that many people do not have access to
clean and safe water especially for drinking and as a result, many lose their lives because of water
borne bacterial infections recorded yearly. However, this study was conducted to determine
thebacteriological quality of bottled water soled in Calabar Metropolis. Ten samples were obtained
from different water production companies and evaluated using standard bacteriological techniques.
revealed the present of mostly bacterial species from the Bacillaceae family (Bacillus) the percentage
frequency ranged from 9.37% to .43.75% with the most frequent occurring bacteria being Bacillus
spp and the least frequency being Aeromonas spp respectively. Findings of this study shows that
Spring Water had the least value bacterial count of 1.5 x 109 and Mangero water had 9.4 x 109. Few
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